Report of HotMobile 2010

T he Eleventh International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (HotMobile 2010 www.hotmobile.org/2010) took place February 22 and 23 in Annapolis, Maryland. The workshop is a high-quality forum targeting groundbreaking areas in mobile computing. This year, after a rigorous review and shepherding process, it accepted 15 papers from 61 submissions and attracted 75 attendees from Asia, Europe, and North America. The workshop started with a keynote address by Allison Druin, director of the HumanComputer Interaction Lab (HCIL) and associate professor in the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies, followed by five paper sessions, an interactive panel session, a demo/ poster session, and a brainstorming activity. As with previous workshops, it also included a doctoral consortium for PhD students to present their dissertation research work and get early critical feedback from a panel of experts. The workshop’s single-track format and small participant size encouraged discussions and interaction between mobile computing practitioners from both academia and industry.